Bedstead-exhibitor



(No Model.)

J. R. MOORE. BEDSTEAD EXHIBITOR.

No. 479,894. Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

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'Witneis as Nrrnn STATES JOHN MOORE, OF'LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BEDSTEAD-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,894, dated August 2, 1892.

Application filed January 28, 1892. Serial No. 419,602. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefierson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead-Exhibitors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists of a frame or rack having a series of rods which guide a pair of shoes supporting the head and foot of a bedstead and running on casters.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved rack, showing a bedstead in position in one division thereof. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan View of the rear shoe with the posts of a bedstead in position therein. Fig. 3 is a side view of the rear shoe. Fig. at is an interior end view of the same. Fig. 5 is an interior end view of the forward shoe. Fig. 6 is a side view of the same, dispensing with the brace and showing the clamp supported by a strap.

In the drawings, A A are the sills, which form the base of the rack and are fastened to the floor.

B is a support, preferably of metal, bolted to the sill A at its ends and supporting the rear ends of the upper guide-rods O.

D is the lower guide-rod, preferably of metal, one end of which is bolted to the sill A. It is also bolted to the sill A, and is then turned upright and bent over at the top, where it is bolted to and supports the forward ends of the rods 0.

E is a strip bolted to the upright parts of the rods D in order to brace and strengthen them.

WVith each set of guide-rods is used a pair of shoes constructed as follows:

F is the caster-block of the shoe, beneath which are attached the casters f.

G is an upright block, to the sides of which are secured one of the posts of the head and of the foot of a bedstead by means of the clamp H. The shoe may be strengthened by a brace I, the upper end of which may be curled over so as to receive and support a side of the clamp H. If the brace is omitted,

the side of the clamp may be supported by a strap, a staple, or a notch in the edge of the block G, as shown in respect to a strap in Fig. 6.

In use the clamp H is so adjusted by turning the free side downward until it bears against the inner edge of the posts of the head and foot of the bedstead,and secured by means of thumb-screws that it holds such posts securely. It is furnished with a leather pad h, so as not to mar the bed-posts, and with a plate It, against which the thumb-screws act.

In the rear shoe J and K are guides, which are operated to and fro on the guide-rods O and D, respectively. The front shoe stands outside of the rack and is not furnished with guides. The brace I and the guides J and K are preferably made of metal.

In use the head and foot of a bedstead are put on the shoes, one at each end, with the upright G between them and secured by the clamps H. This may be done with as many bedsteads as there are sets of shoes in the rack. Any particular bedstead in the series can be drawn out for exhibition, being supported on the shoes and guided by the guides J and K and the rods 0 and D, and after inspection pushed back to its place.

Among the advantages of my invention are simplicity of construction, cheapness in cost, convenience, economy, and safety of storage, adj ustability to any size of bedstead, the light weight of the device, and the ease with which it can be taken apart and boxed in a compact form, thus rendering it easy and cheap to transport.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bedstead-exhibitor having, in combination, the sills, a support above one of said sills, guide-rails connecting the sills and having the upturned ends, upper guide-rails connecting the support and the upturned ends, and a brace-rod connecting the upturned ends, substantially as set forth.

2. A bedstead-exhibitor having, in combination, the sills, the support above one of said sills, the upper guide-rods, the lower guiderods, and the shoes constructed substantially as described and operating in the manner set forth.

3. A bedstead-exhibitor comprising a supporting the displayed article, comprising a 15 port, guide-rods arranged above and below block havingcastersthereon,an uprightbrace said support, the shoes for supporting the for said upright, and a clamp constituted of displayed article, consisting of a caster-block a single rod bent to form the threaded ends 5 having a clamp thereon, substantially as and and connecting-piece, confining-nuts, and a for the purpose described. pad and a binding-plate, substantially as de- 20 4. A bedstead exhibitor comprising the scribed. sills, a support above one of said sills, the In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in upper guide-rods, the lower guide-rods, and presence of two witnesses.

1o shoes for supporting the displayed article, L consisting of a block mounted on casters, an JOHN MOORE upright on said block, and a clamp, all sub- Witnesses: stantially as and for the purpose set forth. A. .T. BRANDEIS,

5. In a bedstead-exhibitor, a shoe for sup- AND. W. ELLISON. 

